The following medals were awarded in swimming at the 2008 Olympic Games
MEN
50M FREESTYLE
Gold – Cesar Cielo Filho (Brazil)
Silver – Amaury Leveaux (France)
Bronze – Alain Bernard (France)
100M FREESTYLE
Gold – Alain Bernard (France)
Silver – Eamon Sullivan (Australia)
Bronze – Jason Lezak (U.S.)
100M BACKSTROKE
Gold – Aaron Peirsol (U.S.)
Silver – Matthew Grevers (U.S.)
Bronze – Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)
100M BUTTERFLY
Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)
Silver – Milorad Cavic (Serbia)
Bronze – Andrew Lauterstein (Australia)
100M BREASTSTROKE
Gold – Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)
Silver – Alexander Dale Oen (Norway)
Bronze – Hugues Duboscq (France)
200M FREESTYLE
Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)
Silver – Park Tae-hwan (South Korea)
Bronze – Peter Vanderkaay (U.S.)
200M BACKSTROKE
Gold – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)
Silver – Aaron Peirsol (U.S.)
Bronze – Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)
200M BUTTERFLY
Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)
Silver – Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)
Bronze – Takeshi Matsuda (Japan)
200M BREASTSTROKE
Gold – Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)
Silver – Brenton Rickard (Australia)
Bronze – Hugues Duboscq (France)
200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)
Silver – Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)
Bronze – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)
400M FREESTYLE
Gold – Park Tae-hawn (South Korea)
Silver – Zhang Lin (China)
Bronze – Larsen Jensen (U.S.)
400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)
Silver – Lazslo Cseh (Hungary)
Bronze – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)
1,500 FREESTYLE
Gold – Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia)
Silver – Grant Hackett (Australia)
Bronze – Ryan Cochrane (Canada)
4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY
Gold – U.S.
Silver – France
Bronze – Australia
4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY
Gold – U.S.
Silver – Russia
Bronze – Australia
4×100 MEDLEY RELAY
Gold – U.S.
Silver – Australia
Bronze – Japan
10KM FREESTYLE
Gold – Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands)
Silver – David Davies (Britain)
Bronze – Thomas Lurz (Germany)
WOMEN
50M FREESTYLE
Gold – Britta Steffen (Germany)
Silver – Dara Torres (U.S.)
Bronze – Cate Campbell (Australia)
100M FREESTYLE
Gold – Britta Steffen (Germany)
Silver – Libby Trickett (Australia)
Bronze – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)
100M BACKSTROKE
Gold – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)
Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
Bronze – Margaret Hoelzer (U.S.)
100 BREASTSROKE
Gold – Leisel Jones (Australia)
Silver – Rebecca Soni (U.S.)
Bronze – Mirna Jukic (Austria)
100M BUTTERFLY
Gold – Libby Trickett (Australia)
Silver – Christine Magnuson (U.S.)
Bronze – Jessicah Schipper (Australia)
200M FREESTYLE
Gold – Federica Pellegrini (Italy)
Silver – Sara Isakovic (Slovenia)
Bronze – Pang Jiaying (China)
200M BACKSTROKE
Gold – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
Silver – Margaret Hoelzer (U.S.)
Bronze – Reiko Nakamura (Japan)
200M BUTTERFLY
Gold – Liu Zige (China)
Silver – Jiao Liuyang (China)
Bronze – Jessicah Schipper (Australia)
200M BREASTSTROKE
Gold – Rebecca Soni (U.S.)
Silver – Leisel Jones (Australia)
Bronze – Sara Nordenstam (Norway)
200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Gold – Stephanie Rice (Australia)
Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
Bronze – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)
400M FREESYTLE
Gold – Rebecca Adlington (Britain)
Silver – Katie Hoff (U.S.)
Bronze – Joanne Jackson (Britain)
400M INDVIDUAL MEDLEY
Gold – Stephanie Rice (Australia)
Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)
Bronze – Katie Hoff (U.S.)
WOMEN’S 800M FREESTYLE
Gold – Rebecca Adlington (Britain)
Silver – Alessia Filippi (Italy)
Bronze – Lotte Friis (Denmark)
4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY
Gold – Netherlands
Silver – U.S.
Bronze – Australia
4X200M FREESTYLE RELAY
Gold – Australia
Silver – China
Bronze – U.S.
4×100 MEDLEY RELAY
Gold – Australia
Silver – U.S.
Bronze – China
10KM FREESTYLE
Gold – Larisa Ilchenko (Russia)
Silver – Keri-Anne Payne (Britain)
Bronze – Cassandra Patten (Britain)
(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)






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